Clive
was born on July 14, 1942. Clive grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, the
youngest of nine children. At the age of ten, he worked for the
Eisenhower campaign addressing envelopes. His family owned a china and
glass store across fromTiffany'son
Fifth Avenue in New York as well as a business in Palm Beach, Florida.
He earned his bachelor's degree in music from Columbia University. His
radio career began at age 18 atWBAI-FMin
New York in 1961. Thomas came to Central Florida from Cleveland in 1973
to pursue real estate, but wound up back in radio.Beginning
in 1973 Clive was the morning host onWABR-AM
1440. In 1976, Clive moved toWDBO-AM
580forthree
years as the midday host. In 1979 was offered his own talk show onWKIS-AM
740. In 1984 Clive would be on the air at from 2pm
until 4:30pm followed by the news program"PM
Orlando".Clive
would move to the morning slot vacated by Gene
Burnsin 1985.
From 1984 to 1988, he was also the co-anchor of the morning news on WFTV-Channel
9. In September of 1989 Clive would "take on" a
group of Christian body builders called "The
Power Team". He challenged their methods of
collecting money in the Orlando area, for their ministry. Clive,
manned with his tape recorder, went to the Orlando Arena during a
performance there, and approached, then Orlando Police Chief Danny
Wilson, and was according to Clive, "attacked, assaulted,
thrown into the alley." Lawsuits were filed and out of court
settlements were reached. In 1993 after thirteen years on the air
and the sale of theWTKS-FM
104.1 (formally WWNZ-FM 104.1)
toPress Broadcasting.
Clive's program was not moved becausePress
Broadcastingsaid
they couldn't come to terms with Thomas; Thomas said he was
fired-because his politics were too liberal. Thomas was the only
on-air talent casualty of this ownership change. Clive moved his
show toWXTO-AM
1600for a short
time andthen he
landed atWGTO-AM
540in April
1994. Today Clive lives in Orlando after spending time in Palm Beach
after selling his home in South Daytona.